Kevin Siers: You Write The Captiontag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2831742015-02-26T15:10:57ZKevin Siers gives you a chance to play cartoonistTypePad

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We've Moved!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b7c7538fef970b2015-02-26T10:10:57-05:002015-02-26T16:42:49Z2015-02-26T15:10:57ZCharlotteObserver.com has launched a new redesigned web site, and is making our caption contest blog an even more integrated part of its pages. As a result, we have a new address on the web. We've packed up the last few...ksiers

CharlotteObserver.com has launched a new redesigned web site, and is making our caption contest blog an even more integrated part of its pages. As a result, we have a new address on the web. We've packed up the last few challenges and hauled them off to our new new location. Our old address will still be available here and will serve, for now, as the archive for all our old, fond You Write the Caption memories. Our new address is:

This week's winner should be posted on the new site around 9 am Friday, Feb. 27. See you there!

Your new challenge: Feb. 23, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b7c750f3aa970b2015-02-23T06:00:00-05:002015-02-23T11:00:00Z2015-02-23T11:00:00ZPhoto by Evan Vucci, AP Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. This Monday, we're trying something a little different: Instead of posting an editorial...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

Photo by Evan Vucci, AP

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. This Monday, we're trying something a little different: Instead of posting an editorial cartoon, we're using a recent news photo of Vice President Joseph Biden (which tops about anything I could draw, anyway). Best caption will receive a print of the photo with their caption on it. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number. Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

Deadline for entries is NOON, Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line,just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Winner will be announced Friday morning online and in the print newspaper Monday. -- Kevin Siers

The Presidents Day winner: Feb. 20, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b7c74fad70970b2015-02-20T09:00:00-05:002015-02-20T14:00:00Z2015-02-20T14:00:00ZThe winner: "YOLO: You Obviously Lack Originality!" -- Sergio Ciccone of Matthews The runners-up: "YOBamaLO: You Only Become A Mediocre American Leader Once." -- Dr. John Merritt, Harrisburg "If you go to war against ISIS it will improve BOTH our...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

The winner:

"YOLO: You Obviously Lack Originality!"

-- Sergio Ciccone of Matthews

The runners-up:

"YOBamaLO: You Only Become A Mediocre American Leader Once."

-- Dr. John Merritt, Harrisburg

"If you go to war against ISIS it will improve BOTH our images."

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear."

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

Thanks for all your entries. Our Presidents Day challenge was based on a small story from the end of last week, a Buzzfeed video President Obama made promoting his health care signups. For more info on that video, and the real definition of YOLO, click here.

Feel free to join a discussion about the winner, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below. Please join us again Monday, Feb. 23, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your Presidents Day challenge: Feb. 16, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b8d0d61a17970c2015-02-16T06:05:00-05:002015-02-16T11:05:00Z2015-02-16T11:05:00ZWelcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. Winner will receive the original (black and white) Siers artwork. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number. Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

Deadline for entries is NOON, Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line,just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Winner will be announced Friday morning online and in the print newspaper Monday.

Thanks for all your many entries. Here's a few more of some of the better lines we received:

"All the news that's fit to print." (This from the vast majority of entries)

"No news is good news." (Again, from many, many readers)

"You just fit it over your computer screen."

"Just make up stuff like they do on TV."

"They cut out the sensationalism."

"They cut out the bias."

"This is the politically correct version."

"I see Obama's ISIS plan made page one."

"It's always much ado about nothing."

"The stories stay the same, we just change the faces."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winner, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below. Please join us again Monday, Feb. 16, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new challenge: Feb. 9, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b8d0d1817a970c2015-02-09T06:00:00-05:002015-02-09T11:00:00Z2015-02-09T11:00:00ZWelcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. Winner will receive the original (black and white) Siers artwork. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number. Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

Deadline for entries is NOON, Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line,just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Winner will be announced Friday morning online and in the print newspaper Monday.

The new winner: Feb. 6, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b8d0d06f06970c2015-02-06T09:00:00-05:002015-02-06T14:00:00Z2015-02-06T14:00:00ZThe winner: "What's this road paved with -- good intentions?" -- Phil Clutts of Harrisburg The runners-up: "People are making mountains out of molehills about that fourth lane." -- Ray Otstott, Charlotte "If you build it, they will cone." --...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

The winner:

"What's this road paved with -- good intentions?"

-- Phil Clutts of Harrisburg

The runners-up:

"People are making mountains out of molehills about that fourth lane."

-- Ray Otstott, Charlotte

"If you build it, they will cone."

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

"Toll road ahead!"

-- Kevin Sims, Charlotte

Thanks for all your entries. Here's a few more of those that struck our fancy:

"I've heard a lot about DOT's pique."

"Some DOT controversies are almost conical."

"If you think uphill is bad, wait till we go down."

"They call it a traffic funnel."

"DOT is always calling for a sacrifice."

"From the top, you can see new, unused roads."

"I think our roads situation is about to blow."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winner, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below. Please join us again Monday, Feb. 9, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new challenge: Feb. 2, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01b8d0cbe741970c2015-02-02T06:00:00-05:002015-02-02T11:00:00Z2015-02-02T11:00:00ZWelcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. Winner will receive the original (black and white) Siers artwork. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number. Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

Deadline for entries is NOON, Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line,just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Winner will be announced Friday morning online and in the print newspaper Monday.

Feel free to join a discussion about the winner, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below. Please join us again Monday, Feb. 2, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new Coach K caption challenge: Jan. 25, 2015tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c02fd53ef01bb07e161ac970d2015-01-25T17:34:00-05:002015-01-25T22:47:46Z2015-01-25T22:34:00ZWelcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite...ksiersCartooningCurrent Affairs

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. Winner will receive the original (black and white) Siers artwork. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number. Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

Deadline for entries is NOON, Wednesday, Jan. 28.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line,just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Winner will be announced Friday morning online and in the print newspaper Monday.